Directors' Notes

December 11, 2000

The Regular Meeting of the DACS Board was held at the RC on December 11, 2000 with Messrs. Buoy, Cohen, Gingras, Greger, Neary, Ostergren and Pearson and Mrs. Gaberel present. President Allan Ostergren presided and Secretary Larry Buoy kept the record of the meeting. The minutes of the meeting held November 13, 2000 were approved. In the absence of Treasurer Charles Bovaird, copies of his e-mailed summary were distributed to those present, revealing current combined cash and postal account balance of $21,707.63 and postage on hand of $140.62, a total of $21,848.25, less prepaid dues of $7,431.25, for a net balance of $14,417.00. Also, current membership of 539 was reported. Lacking any quotation from Amsys Computer regarding replacement equipment for the computer at the RC as authorized at the November meeting, further discussion of the matter was tabled Secretary Buoy reported on the balloting results for election of directors for a two-year term at the Annual Meeting of the Membership held on December 6, 2000, with incumbents Charles Bovaird and Marlene Gaberel reelected and new directors Matthew Greger, Donald Neary, and Donald Pearson elected. The Messrs. Greger, Neary and Pearson, being present, were welcomed. The planned presentation for the February General Meeting was again discussed, focusing on publicity to attract an audience outside of DACS membership. With President Ostergren’s commitment to draft or contact others in the community with knowledge of the subject to submit possible copy for submission to the area’s media, Larry Buoy agreed to distribute agreed upon final copy to the general media contacts available to him in addition to Mrs. Gaberel covering the normal contacts for DACS publicity. Opening a general discussion of priorities and future plans for DACS for the benefit of the new directors present led to a lively round of suggested activities and questions regarding volunteerism. Covered were the needs for additional advertising in dacs.doc, cooperation with area schools of all levels, an organized survey of the membership regarding interests and skills, general technical education classes, seminars and SIG leader events. Also discussed were cooperation among area user groups with respect to possible presentation sources and available online links to information sources. A true record. ATTEST: Lawrence Buoy Secretary

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